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Hard Work Pays Off for Harker with IMCA Jet Racing Central Region Title

By Bill Martin NEBRASKA CITY, Neb. (Oct. 22, 2025) — It’s hard to believe now, but there was a time not so long ago when Shawn Harker wondered if he’d ever win a Friesen Performance IMCA Modified feature. The Nebraska City ‘shoe would total six checkers at Eagle Raceway, on his way to earning state and ultimately his first Jet Racing Central Region crown in 2025. “We ended the season with five wins in a row. We won the first time at Eagle in June, and we won the last five points races of the year there,” said Harker. “It was a good feeling. Our mentality was race for the wins and the points will take care of themselves.” “Last season we never paid attention to regional points because we were just racing to race. We got toward the end, and somebody called to ask me why I wasn’t racing more because we were up there in points and could maybe win it, but it was too late,” he continued. “So, we set out this year with [Read More]

Mills Stays Sharp for Championship Race in IMCA’s Razor Chassis North Central Region

By Bill Martin CLEAR LAKE, Iowa (Oct. 27, 2025) — Taking the same approach that’s worked for nearly three decades took Jeremy Mills back to the top of the podium in IMCA’s Razor Chassis North Central Region. Mills motored to 16 feature wins in his 50 home region starts along with Friesen Performance IMCA Modified track titles at Boone Speedway and Hancock County Speedway. Also the 2009 regional king, he was second in national point standings, duplicating that finish from 16 years ago as well. “Our approach to each race night has always been the same. We have a pretty good system as to how we work on things. Your maintenance program has got to be top notch when you’re racing weekly,” said Mills, who honed that attitude in campaigns that earned IMCA Hobby Stock national rookie of the year and then national championship honors in 1996 and 1998, respectively. Now 48 and a 29-year veteran of the sport, the speedster from Clear Lake raced to his career 150th win in the division on July 12 at [Read More]

Mylee JoAnn Soars to 2025 IMCA Lady Eagle Championship

By Ben Deatherage FARMINGTON, N.M. (Oct. 27, 2025) — Mylee JoAnn Rhames, known across the pits as “Mylee JoAnn,” became the 2025 Lady Eagle champion, marking the first time a driver from New Mexico has claimed the honor and just the second from the American Southwest, following Shelby Alves, who lived in Arizona at the time, in 2022. The pilot of the Gasco/O’Reilly Auto Parts/KFR Graphics no. 7MJ entry joins Leah Wroten and Tiffany Bittner as the only Hobby Stock drivers to earn the title, Wroten being the last to do so in 2018. “It’s super cool to win this for New Mexico,” she said. “A lot of the other winners have come from Iowa or the Midwest.” Mylee’s season began at the IMCA TV Winter Nationals in Arizona, where she built early momentum with a string of strong finishes before settling into a dominant summer rhythm at Desert Thunder Raceway in Price, Utah — her home track away from home in 2025, located 301 miles from her hometown of Farmington. “Our season was different. We [Read More]

Goos Repeats as IMCA Sprint Car National Champion

By Ben Deatherage HARTFORD, S.D. — For the second straight year, Hartford’s Lee Goos Jr. rose above adversity and a deep field of contenders to capture the RaceSaver IMCA Sprint Car national championship, going back-to-back behind the wheel of the Goos RV/Hoogie’s Garage Podcast/Great Plains Electric no. 17. “It’s kind of ironic — I didn’t really have intention of going for another national championship until last year’s banquet,” Goos said. “A couple of our good friends couldn’t make it because one of their family members had passed away, and I told them, ‘I’ll just win it next year so you can go.’ They thought I was joking, but I was serious.” That promise became reality. What began as another season of steady racing turned into a campaign defined by perseverance. Goos started the year strong, ran into midseason frustration with several DNFs, and then steadied the ship with a late push that sealed the championship. “We had good cars all year, but I took myself out of a few races. I had seven DNFs and was [Read More]

Zeitner Claims First IMCA Late Model National Championship

By Ben Deatherage BELLEVUE, Neb. (Oct. 21, 2025) — A season that began with frustration turned into one of redemption and resolve for Zach Zeitner, who capped his 2025 campaign by earning his first-ever IMCA Sunoco Late Model National Championship. Zeitner becomes the fourth driver from Nebraska since 1949 to earn IMCA’s Late Model national crown, joining 1996 winner Kyle Berck, 2000 champion Jason Friesen, and Cory Dumpert, who won the last six titles from 2019 through 2024. Driving the Zeitner & Sons Refrigerated Transport/Blaha Service/Select Auto no. 76 Infinity Chassis, the Bellevue racer powered to 16 feature victories in 38 starts, collecting track titles at Park Jefferson, Crawford County, and Shelby County Speedways. The Shelby County crown marked his third in four years, adding to championships won there in 2022 and 2024. Entering the season with 10 career IMCA feature wins, Zeitner more than doubled his lifetime total in 2025 — his most successful season yet under Speedway Motors IMCA Weekly sanctioning. “It’s a pretty big accomplishment,” Zeitner said. “This sport is very humbling. We started [Read More]

Raffurty Reigns Again with Fifth Straight IMCA STARS Mod Lite National Title

By Ben Deatherage KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Oct. 21, 2025) — Dominance, determination and drive once again defined Dillon Raffurty’s season as the Missouri standout extended his record streak to five consecutive Stealth Racing IMCA STARS Mod Lite national championships. Piloting the Raffurty Motorsports/Raffurty Excavating/Fritter Racing Engines No. 46 Raffurty Chassis, the Kansas City driver again set the benchmark for precision and perseverance. His 2025 campaign produced 30 feature victories across five tracks in three states, highlighted by 16 wins at Valley Speedway, eight at Electric City Speedway in Butler, two at Central Arizona Raceway’s IMCA TV Winter Nationals, and single triumphs at Marshalltown and Davenport Speedways. That total ties his previous best of 30 wins in a single season when he did so last year and in 2022. Across 45 starts, Raffurty posted 35 podiums, 38 top-five finishes and 44 top-tens, ultimately clinching the national crown by just three points. The season also included an especially emotional highlight — his third career victory in the David Raffurty Memorial, held each September at Valley Speedway in honor [Read More]

Probst Powers to Third IMCA Hobby Stock National Championship

By Ben Deatherage BREWSTER, Minn. (Oct. 22, 2025) — For the second straight season, the Sunoco IMCA Hobby Stock national title came down to a tiebreaker — and for the second straight year, Cory Probst of Brewster, Minnesota, came out on top. Piloting the Weber’s Money/Jack Pines Resort/Bruns Racing Products no. 75C Big Daddy Race Car, Probst captured his third career national championship and second in a row, along with his third B&B Racing Chassis Northern Region title — all earned in the same years as his national crowns. Probst’s 2025 campaign was nothing short of extraordinary. Across 50 starts, he turned in the most dominant and consistent season of his career, earning 40 feature victories — a new personal best and the performance that ultimately secured the tiebreaker over runner-up Dillon Richards, who had 36. Along the way, he swept multiple weekends at Arlington Raceway and Redwood Speedway, the two tracks where he also clinched championships. Those titles marked his ninth at Arlington, where he’s now won four straight, and his fifth at Redwood, where [Read More]

Capps Captures First IMCA Southern SportMod National Championship

By Ben Deatherage ANNA, Texas — Perseverance and patience paid off for Landon Capps, who turned his first season running for points into the biggest moment of his career — his first IMCA Southern SportMod national championship. Piloting the D&D Elevators/J&G Services/Bell’s Pool Care no. 5X TRC Race Cars, the Anna, Texas, driver emerged from a year-long battle decided by a tiebreaker to claim Speedway Motors IMCA Weekly gold. “It was pretty close all year,” Capps said. “At the beginning of the year, we had some motor trouble for the first couple of races and got that all figured out. Once we did, we started running up front at Ardmore and then went to chase points at Grayson County. We had a really good year there, and I’m glad everything turned out the way it did.” The tiebreaking championship came down to Capps’ 11 forty-point feature wins, edging runner-up Trevor Cogburn, who had ten. Capps’ 2025 campaign produced 11 victories in 32 starts, including ten at Grayson County Speedway and one at Southern Oklahoma Speedway, along [Read More]

DeVilbiss Powers to Second Race For Hope 71 Victory at Batesville

By Ben Deathearge LOCUST GROVE, Ark. (Oct. 11, 2025) — Zane DeVilbiss stole the spotlight Saturday night at Batesville Motor Speedway, powering to victory in the 9th Annual Race For Hope 71 presented by IMCA.TV. The Friesen Performance IMCA Modified standout from Farmington, N.M., earned $4,000 for the 40-lap triumph — his first win of the season and second career Race For Hope 71 victory, adding to his 2021 triumph. With the win, DeVilbiss became just the second driver ever to capture the event more than once, joining three-time winner Ricky Thornton Jr. The victory also locked him into eligibility for the 2026 Fast Shafts All-Star Modified Invitational at Boone Speedway. Defending race winner and 2020 National champion Tom Berry Jr. grabbed the early advantage after a tight first-lap duel with 2023 event winner Wendell Wallace. Berry, piloting the Andrews Autosport No. 11 owned by Spencer Andrews, stretched his lead until heavy lapped traffic closed the gap. Two-time and reigning Super Nationals champion Tim Ward, driving the Doug and Amy Eckrich No. 151, climbed to second on [Read More]

Shryock Claims IMCA Stock Car National Championship with Lake Mills Motorsports

By Ben Deatherage FERTILE, Iowa (Oct. 20, 2025) — Kelly Shryock added another remarkable chapter to his legendary career, capturing the National Sunoco IMCA Stock Car championship while driving the Shryock Racing Components/Skyrocket Chassis/Cooter Built Engines by Troy Swearingen/Schluetter Body Shop no. 3 provided by longtime car owner Mike Hauan at Lake Mills Motorsports. His 2025 campaign produced 21 feature wins in 44 starts, including eight at Kossuth County Speedway, five at Hancock County, three each at Clay County Fair and Worthington Speedways, and two at Boone, along with 33 podiums, 36 top-five finishes, and 40 top-tens — all but four of his starts among the top 10. The year also brought a sweep of track championships at Kossuth County, Hancock County, and Clay County Fair Speedways and his first EQ Cylinder Heads Northern Region title. His 21 victories were the most he’s ever recorded in a Sunoco IMCA Stock Car season. The Kossuth crown marked his fourth career championship at the Algona oval — following a streak of three straight from 2020 through 2022 — while [Read More]